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>> HOW ARE YOU?
JUSTIN.
>> I'M SUSAN, HOW ARE YOU?
SO YOU GOING TO CATCH THIS BABY%
FOR US
TIFFANY: JUSTIN WAGNER IS ONE A
MAN RESCUE.
>> HI BABY.
HE IS LIKE THE DOG WHISPERER.
TIFFANY: HOW OFTEN DO YOU GET
CALLS ABOUT UNWANTED DOGS?
>> DAILY.
DAILY.
I GET THREE TO FOUR CALL A DAY.
TIFFANY: THIS IS THE REDLANDS.
>> THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO
SEE OUT HERE
FIELDS, NURSERIES.
THAT IS THE MUCH ABOUT IT.
-- PRETTY MUCH ABOUT IT.
TIFFANY: JUSTIN SAYS THE
REDLANDS HAS BECOME A KNOWN
DUMPING GROUND FOR DOGS.
>> THIS GUY IS OLD.
HE'S REALLY SKINNY
TIFFANY: HE HAS RESCUED MORE
THAN 50.
I'VE SEEN DOGS TIED TO A
CRATE OUT IN MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
WITH FOOD BOWLS HOPING SOMEO
IS GOING TO PICK THEM UP.
THAT'S NOT HOW YOU GET RID OF A
DO
IT'S NOTHING I'VE EVER SEEN.
IT'S LIKE A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY.
THEY GET DISEASES OUT THERE.
PARVO, PARVO DISTEMPER.
THAT JUST IS BRUTAL ON DOGS,
I'VE SEEN LITTERS OF PUPPIES DIE
SLOWLY ONE BY ONE.
SORRY.
TIFFANY: OH YEAH, THERE ARE
SEVERAL OF THEM, SEE THEM?
OH MY GOODNESS, HOW MANY DO YOU
THINK ARE HERE?
>> THIS IS PART OF THAT PACK I
THINK.
HI GUYS.
>> THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME THEY
ARE JUST TOO SCARED FOR PEOPLE.
THIS IS THE MAMA RIGHT HERE.
TIFFANY: IT'S SO SAD.
>> THIS IS WHY I CRY.
THIS IS WHY I CR
STUFF LIKE THIS.
AND THIS COULD BE ALL AVOIDED.
TIFFANY: WHY DOES IT TOUCH YOU
THE WAY IT DOES?
>> IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO
VOICE.
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY CAN TELL YOU
WHAT HURTS.
TIFFANY: THIS IS JUST ONE
EXAMPLE.
>> EXACTLY.
WE ARE AT THE VERY TIP OF THE
RED LANDS.
THIS HAPPENS ON THE MAJORITY OF
AUDREY STREET IN HERE.
I'VE SEEN EVERYTHING OUT THERE.
-- OF EVERY STREET IN HERE.
I'VE SEEN EVERYTHING OUT THERE.
DOGS STUFFED IN BAGS, AND THE
ENDS ARE TORN BECAUSE THEY WERE
STILL ALIVE WHEN PUT IN THERE.
THIS IS WHAT I DO DAILY.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THIS.
>> WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE
SITUATION IN THE REDLANDS, I
DIDN'T BELIEVE IT, BECAUSE I
GREW UP THERE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM BACK
THEN
TIFFANY: THIS SPRING, MICHELLE
WACKER WITH POODLE AND POOCH
RESCUE OUT OF ORLANDO, HEADED
SOUTH ON A RESCUE MISSION.
>> WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING OT
BE THERE ALL DAY TO FILL UP OUR
HORSE TRAILER AND OUR SIX SUVS.
BUT BY 1:00 WE HAD 52 DOGS AND
WE WERE FULL
TIFFANY: IN ALL, THE RESCUE HAS
SAVED MORE THAN 150 DOGS FROM
THE REDLANDS INCLUDING MOSLEY.
>> THIS HAS BECOME A SAFETY
HEALTH ISSUE.
SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET BIT AND
GET RABIES.
SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET MAULED.
DADE COUNTY SHOULD BE
EMBARRASSED BY THE FACT THAT IT
TOOK A GROUP OF MIDDLE AGED
WOMEN TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY FRO
ORLANDO TO HELP SOLVE THEIR
PROBLEM.
THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THIS
PROBLEM.
OH MY GOODNESS.
THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU, YOU
WERE RUNNING AWAY FROM US, GIRL.
THEY FINALLY TRAPPED HER.
JUSTIN DID IT.
SHE WAS GOOD IN THE CAR, SHE IS
JUST SO HAPPY TO BE SAVE
TIFFANY: JUSTIN FINALLY CAUGHT
THIS SHEPHERD MIX.
A VOLUNTEER THEN DROVE HER NORTH
TO JUITER.
>> WE WILL TAKE CARE OF HER AS A
LONG AS IT TAKES.
C'MON SWEETHEART.
THIS IS WHERE YOU CARE GOING TO
LIVE FOR AWHILE.
SHE IS GOING TO MAKE SOMEONE A
WONDERFUL PET.
>> DOGS ARE NOT OBJECTS.
THEY ARE NOT PROPERTY.
THEY SHOULD BE PART OF YOUR
FAMILY
TIFFAN THAT DOG, NOW NAMED
LUNA, FOUND A HOME IN JUPITER.
AS FOR THE DOGS MICHELE RESCUED,
THEY WERE ALL ADOPTED.
TODD: ANOTHER ONE OF US KNEW
THIS EXISTED.
WHAT IS THE ANSWER TO THE
PROBLEM?
TIFFANY: WELL FOR ONE, RESCUERS
SAY AN AGGRESSIVE SPAY AND
NEUTER PROGRAM THERE.
A SPOKESPERSON FOR MIAMI DADE
ANIMAL SERVICES WHICH PICKED UP
150 STRAYS LAST YEAR IN THE
REDLANDS TOLD ME THEY HAVE
OFFERED TO ASSIST RESCUE GROUPS
, AND THEY DO SEND CREWS OUT
THERE TO INVESTIGATE.
THEY ALSO CLAIM THERE ARE OTHER
PARTS OF THEIR COUNTY,
MIAMI-DADE, THAT HAVE BIGGER
ABANDONED DOG PROBLEMS.
TODD: WHAT CAN VIEWERS DO TO
HELP?
TIFFANY: PEOPLE IN THE REDLANDS
HAVE STARTED FACEBOOK PAGES TO
HELP FEED THE DOGS.
THEY ARE ALWAYS IN NEED OF FOOD
AND TREATS.
YOU CAN FIND A LINK TO THOSE
PAGES ON OUR HOMEPAGE.

One man's emotional rescue efforts at a dog dumping ground

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Updated: 11:23 AM EST Nov 22, 2016

There's an area in south Florida where dog owners are dumping their unwanted pets. See one man's emotional effort to save the animals.